How Imposters Scam Entrepreneurs Out of Their Crypto

On Jan. 31, a Telegram user calling himself “Danny Nelson” contacted Karla Vilhelem, a public relations professional, with an unseemly proposal. Pretending to be the CoinDesk reporter of the same name, he said he would publish a post about her client but wanted $600 for his trouble, a small sum for exposure on the crypto site of record.